Shin (given name)

Shin (しん, シン) is a common Japanese given name which is mostly used for males.

Possible writings
Shin can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 真, "true"
 * 伸, "extend"
 * 新, "new"
 * 心, "heart"
 * 信, "belief"
 * 進, "progress"
 * 慎, "humility"
 * 晋, "advance"
 * 紳, "gentleman"

People with the given name

 * Shin Amano (真, born 1973), Japanese figure skater
 * Shin Hirayama (信, 1868–1945), Japanese astronomer
 * Shin Kishida (森, 1939–1982), Japanese actor
 * Shin Kanemaru (信, 1914–1996), Japanese politician
 * Shin Kanazawa (born 1983), Japanese football player
 * Shin Kato (加藤 信), Japanese Go player
 * Shin Koyamada (真, born 1982), Japanese and American film actor
 * Shin Kusaka (慎), a Japanese actor
 * Shin Nakamura (中村 伸), Japanese footballer
 * Shin Ōnuma (心), a Japanese animation and theatre director
 * Shin Saburi (信, 1909–1982), Japanese film actor
 * Shō Shin (1465–1526), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
 * Shin Takahashi (しん, born 1967), Japanese manga artist
 * Shin Terai, a Japanese musician and producer
 * Shin Togashi (冨樫 森), Japanese film director
 * Shin Tsuchida (土田慎, born 1990), Japanese politician
 * Shin Yahata (八幡 真), Japanese ice hockey player
 * Shin Yanagisawa (信, 1936–2008), Japanese photographer
 * Shin (シン), a Japanese singer (former member of the Visual-Kei band Vivid)

Fictional characters

 * Shin Mitsurugi (御剣 信) a.k.a. Gregory Edgeworth, a character in the Ace Attorney videogame franchise.

Shin, a.k.a. Kaioushin or Supreme Kai, a character in Dragon Ball universe.